Vinco David of Atradius explains why certain 'push and pull' factors are increasing demand for export credit

Berne Union president Daniel Riordan talks about the growing relationships and collaboration between Berne Union members and the wider export and agency finance industry

Berne Union president Daniel Riordan talks about thew significance of the association after eighty years

While some loans to Russian corporates are being hit by the continuing conflict and political trouble in eastern Ukraine, and the now accentuated associated fallout with...

The Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA), the political risk insurance and credit enhancement arm of the World Bank Group, has just released strong results for...

IFC is providing up to $70 million to Kenya’s National Cement Company to expand the company’s operations, increase the local supply of cement and promote infrastructure...

Commodity trader Trafigura Beheer has launched a $1.3 billion equivalent revolving credit and term loan facilities. The facilities are Asia-focused.

Canada’s export credit agency, Export Development Canada (EDC), has signed to provide financing of $70 million to Canadian company Pacific Rubiales Energy Corporation.

ANZ has strengthened its European export finance team with the promotion of Craig Jones as director, project & export finance, Europe & America, international and...

New York and Monaco-headquartered Scorpio Bulkers has received a commitment for a $540 million loan from two leading European financial institutions.

Six more global banks have signed up to jointly develop SWIFT’s Know Your Customer (KYC) Registry, a centralised repository that maintains a standardised set of...

The Italian export credit agency Sace has guaranteed a €164 million ($220.8 million) loan in favour of the Angolan Ministry of Finance which finances the last section of...

The Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA) can ease the transaction processes of increasingly global trade flows, but to realise its full potential further innovation is...

The best of both worlds or a short-lived trend? Bank Payment Obligations offer a compromise between the sluggishness of letters of credit and the risks of open account...

Russia’s export credit agency, the Russian Agency for Export Credit and Investment Insurance (EXIAR), and Promsvyazbank have signed a confirmed letter of credit insurance...

In a transaction arranged and led by Natixis, the bank has teamed with IFC and Standard Bank to put in place a $500 million trade finance facility, to finance Ethiopia’s...

Sri Lanka and Uzbekistan have each received a $300 million loan from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) dedicated to energy projects.

The National Bank of Abu Dhabi (NBAD) is looking to expand its operations in the energy and resources sector, and has appointed Marc Mollema as the managing director and...

Nordea has gone live in Frankfurt and London with the stand-alone version of allNETT, Surecomp's web-based trade finance front-end solution.

In September, we will be launching our inaugural industry report on the ECA finance sector, using information from tagmydeals – our deals database.